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Melanippus

2. A son of Astacus of Thebes, who, in the attack of the Seven on his native city, slew Tydeus and Mecisteus. His tomb was shown in the neighbourhood of Thebes on the road to Chalcis. (Aeschyl. Sept. 409; Apollod. 3.6.8; Hdt. 5.67; Paus. 9.18.1.)

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    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.6.8
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.67
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.18.1
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